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1 خَابَ خاب , (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. يَخِيبُ (Msb, K) and يَخُوبُ, (TA,) inf. n. خَيْبَةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He (a man, S) was disappointed of attaining what he desired or sought; was balked; was unsuccessful; failed of attaining his desire: (S, Msb, K:) he was denied, refused, prohibited from attaining, or debarred from, what he desired or sought. (A, K.) You say, مَنْ هَابَ خَابَ [He who fears will be disappointed]. (A, TA.) And خَابَ سَعْيُهُ وَأَمَلُهُ [His labour, and his hope, or expectation, resulted in disappointment; were disappointed, balked, or frustrated;] he attained not what he sought or desired. (A, TA.) [See also خَيْبَةٌ, below.] ― -b2- Also He suffered loss. (K.) ― -b3- And i. q. كَفَرَ [He disbelieved; or be came an unbeliever, or infidel; &c.]. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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